Recent awards & nominations
Picture the Sky
By Barbara Reid
- Winner, CBC Fan Choice Award, 2018
- Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017
The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem
By Kevin Sylvester
Illustrated by Britt Wilson
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
Mine!
By Natalie Hyde
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018
Don't Tell the Enemy
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Viola Desmond
By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2019
At the Pond
By Werner Zimmermann
- Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 2018
The Journey of Little Charlie
By Christopher Paul Curtis
- Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2018
- Short-listed, National Book Award, Young Peoples Literature Category, 2018
- Commended, New York Public Library Best Books, 2018
- Commended, The Horn Book Fanfare - Best Books , 2018
- Commended, Parents' Choice Award - Gold, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
- Commended, School Library Journal Best Books, 2018
- Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, 2018
The Way Back Home
By Allan Stratton
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
- Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2018
- Short-listed, Governor General's Award, Young People's Literature - Text, 2017
- Nominated, Carnegie Medal, UK, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
The Vimy Oaks: A Journey to Peace
By Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Brian Deines
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2019
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
Exo
By Fonda Lee
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Short-listed, OLA White Pine Award, Fiction, 2018
- Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2018
- Nominated, Andrew Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2017
- Joint winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2018
- Commended, ALA Notable , Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018
- Commended, Oregon Spirit Book Award, YA Honour Book, 2018
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2017
Underneath the Sidewalk
By Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Thomas Gibault
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2019
- Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
The Winnowing
By Vikki VanSickle
- Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
Bounced
By Ted Staunton
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Restart
By Gordon Korman
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2018
- Commended, Bank Street College of Education Best Childrens Books of the Year , 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
The Heart's Song
By Gilles Tibo
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
- Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
Amazing Hockey Stories: Connor McDavid
By Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D A Bishop
- Nominated, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
Summer's End
By Joel A Sutherland
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Braids!
By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Dave Whamond
- Winner, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
- Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
I Am Canada: A Celebration
By Heather Patterson
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Illustrated by Barbara Reid
Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Illustrated by Ashley Spires
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017
Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens
By Ruby Slipperjack
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
- Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016
Happy Dreamer
By Peter H Reynolds
- Nominated, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2018
Icarus Down
By James Bow
- Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2017
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
- Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016
Good Morning, Canada
By Andrea Lynn Beck
- Commended, TD Grade One Giveaway Book, 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories
By Joel A Sutherland
- Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2016
- Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2016
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
The Dogs
By Allan Stratton
- Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017
- Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
- Winner, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
- Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2016
- Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
- Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
The Princess and the Pony
By Kate Beaton
- Winner, CBC Children's Choice Book Award, Illustrator of the Year, 2016
- Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Childrens Book Award, 2017
- Short-listed, The Globe and Mail, Best Books of the Year, 2015
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
- Commended, Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year, 2015
- Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015
- Commended, Kirkus Best Books, 2015
Haggis and Tank Unleashed #2: Digging for Dinos: A Branches Book
By Jessica Young
Illustrated by James Burks
- Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
Bittersweet
By Winnie Mack
- Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
Hand in Hand
By Jean Little
- Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
Haunted Canada 6: More Terrifying True Stories
By Joel A Sutherland
- Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2017
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
King Baby
By Kate Beaton
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
- Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, Picture Books, 2016
- Commended, CBC Holiday Gift Guide Selection, 2016
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
- Commended, Today's Parent 25 Best Kids Books of the Year, 2016
- Commended, Globe 100: The 100 Best Books of the Year, 2016
Slacker
By Gordon Korman
- Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2016
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
The Story of Canada
By Janet Lunn
By Christopher Moore
Illustrated by Alan Daniel
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
- Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016
An Inheritance of Ashes
By Leah Bobet
- Winner, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2016
- Winner, Copper Cylinder Award, 2016
- Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2016
- Short-listed, Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, 2016
- Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 2015
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
Young Man With Camera
By Emil Sher
Photographs by David Wyman
- Winner, Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature, 2016
- Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
- Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2016
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
- Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2015
- Runner-up, Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 2016
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2016
- Commended, White Ravens Selection (International Youth Library), 2016